Getting System Information in Shell Script
By: Vivek G
This shell script shows how to get system information in a script in linux. This sample program shows various system configuration like1) Currently logged user and his logname
2) Your current shell
3) Your home directory
4) Your operating system type
5) Your current path setting
6) Your current working directory
7) Show Currently logged number of users
8) About your os and version ,release number , kernel version
9) Show all available shells
10) Show mouse settings
11) Show computer cpu information like processor type, speed etc
12) Show memory information
13) Show hard disk information like size of hard-disk, cache memory, model etc
14) File system (Mounted)
nouser=`who | wc -l`
echo -e "User name: $USER (Login name: $LOGNAME)" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "Current Shell: $SHELL" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "Home Directory: $HOME" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "Your O/s Type: $OSTYPE" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "PATH: $PATH" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "Current directory: `pwd`" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "Currently Logged: $nouser user(s)" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]
then
echo -e "OS: `cat /etc/redhat-release`" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
fi
if [ -f /etc/shells ]
then
echo -e "Available Shells: " >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "`cat /etc/shells`" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
fi
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/mouse ]
then
echo -e "--------------------------------------------------------------------" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "Computer Mouse Information: " >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "--------------------------------------------------------------------" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "`cat /etc/sysconfig/mouse`" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
fi
echo -e "--------------------------------------------------------------------" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "Computer CPU Information:" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "--------------------------------------------------------------------" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
cat /proc/cpuinfo >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "--------------------------------------------------------------------" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "Computer Memory Information:" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "--------------------------------------------------------------------" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
cat /proc/meminfo >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
if [ -d /proc/ide/hda ]
then
echo -e "--------------------------------------------------------------------" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "Hard disk information:" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "--------------------------------------------------------------------" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "Model: `cat /proc/ide/hda/model` " >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "Driver: `cat /proc/ide/hda/driver` " >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "Cache size: `cat /proc/ide/hda/cache` " >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
fi
echo -e "--------------------------------------------------------------------" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "File System (Mount):" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
echo -e "--------------------------------------------------------------------" >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
cat /proc/mounts >> /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
if which dialog > /dev/null
then
dialog --backtitle "Linux Software Diagnostics (LSD) Shell Script Ver.1.0" --title "Press Up/Down Keys to move" --textbox /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$ 21 70
else
cat /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$ |more
fi
rm -f /tmp/info.tmp.01.$$$
Archived Comments
1. Thanks for sharing, that's what I was looking for.
View Tutorial By: Network Experts at 2013-05-07 18:05:10
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